Debra Dalgleish explains why it sometimes disappears and offers some
work-arounds:
http://contextures.com/xlautofilter02.html#Count

mfelker wrote:

How do I get the status bar to reflect the # of # results when filtering? I
have the status bar checked in Tools - Options but that isn't working. I've
just upgraded to Excel 2003 and can not get it to display. (It worked in the
older version that I had.) Please help!

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Dave Peterson